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'''Jack Dent Maltester''' (August 6, 1913 – May 1, 2009) was mayor of [[San Leandro, California]], from 1958 to 1978.
==Biography==
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Maltester served as the president of the [[United States Conference of Mayors]] (USCM) from 1969 to 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usmayors.org/the-conference/leadership/ |title=Leadership |date=November 23, 2016 |access-date=July 24, 2020 |publisher=The United States Conference of Mayors}}</ref> In 1971 he sponsored a resolution at the annual USCM meeting in [[Philadelphia]], entitled "Withdrawal from [[Vietnam
<blockquote> Although, never brought before the voters of San Leandro, Maltester insisted;
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In 1973, [[Robert W. Crown]], who represented the district including San Leandro in the [[California State Assembly]], was struck and killed by an automobile while jogging in [[Alameda, California|Alameda]]. Maltester ran to represent the vacant seat for the [[California's 14th State Assembly district|14th Assembly District]], but lost to Crown aide and [[San Leandro Unified School District]] Board member [[Bill Lockyer]] in the Democratic primary election.
In April 1974, voters passed a charter amendment limiting City Council members and the mayor to two consecutive terms, preventing Maltester from running for a fifth consecutive term. When his final term expired, Maltester had served as mayor for 20 consecutive years. During his term, the San Leandro shoreline and marine recreational area were developed, a library was built and [[BART]] extended a line to the city. After leaving the mayor's office, Maltester became a "consultant" to various businesses who wished to do business in the City of San Leandro.<ref>[http://www.ci.san-leandro.ca.us%2Fnews%2FStateofCity2007.pdf City of San Leandro zoning document]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Maltester remained active in San Leandro business and politics, serving terms as President of the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce and the California League of Cities. In 1992, the channel leading into the San Leandro Marina was named the "Jack D. Maltester Channel".<ref>[http://www.americanrivers.org/site/DocServer/wrda92.pdf?docID=795 Water Resources Development Act of 1992, ''American Rivers''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235248/http://www.americanrivers.org/site/DocServer/wrda92.pdf?docID=795 |date=2007-09-26 }}</ref>
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* [http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/008606.html Obituary, ''San Leandro Bytes''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716003838/http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/008606.html |date=2011-07-16 }}
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==External links==
* [http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/005435.html Maltester's testimony before the U.S. Commission on Human Rights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022091001/http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/005435.html |date=2008-10-22 }}
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